Help! How do I stop the animals!?

[sheath]

It's the hamsters. They're baaa-aaack!

LMAO!

They have had enough time to spread the word about the hamster cellblock and the malicious treatment they received, and now their hoodlum friends are taking revenge!



Good to see you, Orchid.

I guess now is a good time for an update?

No trash invasions, but I have gone through no less than FOUR bungee cords across the top of that can. However. The neighbor (the bitchy one that I cannot stand, oh yes, justice lives!) is suddenly dealing with the same problem. And she swears she saw the thing, and that she didn't know what it was, either. So we have both put in calls to animal control and to the wildlife refuge that's just down the road. We'll see.

S.

 

[Abraxas Winterlight]

sooooooooo
the hamsters called in some muscle eh?

 

[sheath]

sooooooooo
the hamsters called in some muscle eh?

Well, howdy! Good to see you here in How-To again...

Funny how people I haven't seen in ages happen to resurface for a thread about animals...Has to be something significant to that. Not sure I want to know what it is, though.

I just went back and read through the hamster thread. Wow. I had forgotten how funny that whole fiasco was.

S.

 

[Abraxas Winterlight]

i mostly lurk here. ocasionally I gotta spout off some nonsense tho.
& yes, that hamster thread made me fall out of my chair laughing once.

 

[PinkOrchid]

 

[sheath]

An update, for those who asked:

The culprit is a raccoon. This is one big boy, too. And old. His fur is really dark and he has grey around his mouth, so I guess he's old, anyway.

I discovered him this past weekend. I just happened to walk out to put a bag in the trash can as he was walking up to it. We just stared at each other. This thing has NO fear of humans, so I am assuming he was raised by them...and maybe that is why trash cans are appealing? He probably has a taste for 'human' food.

So, that was it...I backed away into the house, and he took his time in sauntering back into the woods. He has been back since then, but at least now I know what he is.

In an earlier post, I said he didn't walk like a raccoon? He doesn't. All the other ones I have ever seen had a really distinctive walk, but this one didn't look like that. Regardless, it was very obviously a coon.

So...I keep replacing the bungees. Eventually he will give up.

Just thought you would like to know the mystery is solved!

S.

 

[watergirl]

Huzzzah

Mystery solved - I'm so glad to hear it!!! That sounds like one mean mother of a coon, wow wow wow... And sweet revenge on the neighbor biatch - karma. karma karma karma.

 

[sheath]

Re: Huzzzah

Mystery solved - I'm so glad to hear it!!! That sounds like one mean mother of a coon, wow wow wow... And sweet revenge on the neighbor biatch - karma. karma karma karma.

Amen, darlin'!

S.

 

[Aries30]

Well at least it wasn't a wolverine. Glad you're trying to solve your animal problem without actually killing it.

 

[GeorgeWBush]

I haven't thought of using the video camera...I could set that up on the steps. My only concern with that is that the thing would go for the camera! At this point, it's probably capable of actually running the thing.

I did try calling animal control, and they just kinda laughed it off. My problem, unless somebody gets hurt.

*shrugs*

S.

Go to your animal control and get a trap it's a cage and put some food in it and check in the morning it's more likly a raccon.

That is if you want to get rid of him.


We have one that likes to eat the cheeries out of the tree thats next to are parking lot and he is hugh we call him fat ass.

 

[sheath]

Not-so-happy update.

First, the raccoon problem is solved. How it happened, though, is not a good thing.

A neighbor of mine (no, not the evil one, lol) put out a trap to catch the raccoon. We all live in a woodland area...there are trees all around us. So he has had problems with the raccoon as well. He put the trap just outside the wooded area behind his property, right where he had seen the coon wandering in and out of the brush.

Then, he left on vacation.

I don't know how long the raccoon was out there. Let's just say that with the rain and humidity of the last two days, when I stepped out in my backyard this morning, the smell was pretty clear. I figured it was a neighbor's dog or something that had wandered into the woods and died, so I did a little searching with another neighbor, and then we found the trap with the raccoon in it. We called animal control to come collect it, because we had no idea what to do with it.

So...no more raccoon problem...because there is no more coon.

It's kinda ironic...I've had a lot of animals pass away in the last few months. Now even the wild one has died. *sigh*

So, that's it...case closed.

S.

 

[Wizard]

Not-so-happy update.

First, the raccoon problem is solved. How it happened, though, is not a good thing.

A neighbor of mine (no, not the evil one, lol) put out a trap to catch the raccoon. We all live in a woodland area...there are trees all around us. So he has had problems with the raccoon as well. He put the trap just outside the wooded area behind his property, right where he had seen the coon wandering in and out of the brush.

Then, he left on vacation.

I don't know how long the raccoon was out there. Let's just say that with the rain and humidity of the last two days, when I stepped out in my backyard this morning, the smell was pretty clear. I figured it was a neighbor's dog or something that had wandered into the woods and died, so I did a little searching with another neighbor, and then we found the trap with the raccoon in it. We called animal control to come collect it, because we had no idea what to do with it.

So...no more raccoon problem...because there is no more coon.

It's kinda ironic...I've had a lot of animals pass away in the last few months. Now even the wild one has died. *sigh*

So, that's it...case closed.

S.

Cool done deal then......

 

[Nightbird]

Not a good thing. I'm not against killing animals in fact I'm a hunter but no animal should die the way that one did.
Too bad, it happened. Who ever put that trap out was very irresponsible.

 

[sheath]

Not a good thing. I'm not against killing animals in fact I'm a hunter but no animal should die the way that one did.
Too bad, it happened. Who ever put that trap out was very irresponsible.

I agree. I was pretty upset about it today. The truth is, I would much rather deal with snapped bungee cords and our little battle of wills than have him dead.

S.

 

[flyindolphine]

i had that problem. You know what i did? I moved out! lol. To be serious i just found a very heavy stone and would put it on the trash can. my problems stoped. but i did moved out after words

 

[Nightbird]

I agree. I was pretty upset about it today. The truth is, I would much rather deal with snapped bungee cords and our little battle of wills than have him dead.
S.

*(HUG)* Hey Sheath, it wasn't your fault.

 

[SlickTony]

What a down way for it all to end, Sheath, even if the mystery did get solved. I'm sorry it had to happen that way.

My cat, Doc, has learned to get up on top the paper shredder we keep next to the kitchen can so that he can flip back the sliding lid and get at the contents.

 

[SensualCealy]

Until you figured out its actual identity I would have thought it was Lil'Debbie or one of her kids playing with your head.

All kidding aside, I would have thought maybe a baby bear, they can be nasty little fellas and tend to do what ever Mama tells them. Up here we have had bears walk into stores after hours and help themselves. Bakeries destroyed by bears, to the point the owner had to put all her stuff that was edible into a metal vault like trailler so he couldnt get it.

What would be a good idea is, next time you go get yours and your kids hair cut, ask the hair dresser if she would give you a garbage bag of hair. Many animals dont like the scent of humans. By putting the hair around the back part of your lawn they wont come for snacks. This is where the urnine comes into play as well. Just drizzle it along the property line and you will find less traffic comeing through.

Good luck Kid!
Cealy

 

[ABN_Ranger]

Well... the good news is... it didn't fall into the shark filled moat... but the bad news is since animal control took the body, we can't use the catapult to fling it at the evil neighbor. Oh well, guess I'll have to find that plague ridden cow on e-bay after all huh?

J